Despite conviction, St. Charles man charged with stalking again

A 38-year-old St. Charles man previously convicted of stalking a 34-year-old Schaumburg man was arrested after he used binoculars to watch the man again, authorities said today.

Bond for Robert F. Klopp, of Walnut Drive, was set at $200,000 today in Cook County Circuit Court in Rolling Meadows. Authorities charged Klopp with aggravated stalking -- a felony -- and misdemeanor counts of violating a no-stalking order and criminal damage to property.

Assistant State’s Atty. Jennifer Walsh said Klopp was convicted of a misdemeanor count of stalking earlier this year after the victim filed more than a dozen police reports of being watched by Klopp from various vantage points, including his backyard.

Klopp was given two years conditional discharge, a form of probation, and ordered not to stalk or have contact with the victim, Walsh said.

Authorities say that 0n Sept. 21 Klopp was seen using binoculars in the man’s backyard again.

Klopp also slashed the man’s tires, Walsh said. It was not clear if the two men knew each other prior to the stalking incidents, she said.